Major parties rake in over $140m in political donations

Australia's major political parties have received millions from undeclared donors. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor and the coalition have raked in more than $140 million in donations in 2023/24, according to Australian Electoral Commission data.

Rounding note: to the nearest $100,000 for over $1 million, to the nearest $10,000 for under $1 million and to the nearest $1000 under $100,000

Labor

* National - $15 million

* NSW branch - $13.3 million

* Victoria branch - $11.1 million

* Queensland branch - $10.6 million

* South Australia branch - $2.9 million

* Tasmania branch - $2.2 million

* Western Australia branch - $8 million

* Northern Territory branch - $980,000

* ACT branch - $3.5 million

* Total - $67.5 million

Liberal Party

* National - $11.1 million

* NSW branch - $11.9 million

* Victoria branch - $15.6 million

* Liberal National Party of Queensland - $13.7 million

* South Australia branch - $2.9 million

* Tasmania branch - $3.4 million

* Western Australia branch - $4.9 million

* ACT branch - $34,000

* Total - $64 million

National Party

* National - $2.5 million

* NSW branch - $4.2 million

* Victoria branch - $1.5 million

* South Australia branch - $13,000

* Western Australia branch - $630,000

* Country Liberal Party (members sit in Nationals partyroom) - $1.2 million

Total, excluding LNP which combined Queensland Liberals and Nationals - $8.8 million

Greens

* National - $4.8 million

* NSW branch - $4.2 million

* Victoria branch - $3.2 million

* Queensland branch - $2.5 million

* South Australia branch - $450,000

* Tasmania branch - $660,000

* Western Australia branch - $420,000

* Northern Territory branch - $240,000

* ACT branch - $560,000

* Total - $17 million

"Hidden Money"

* The source of more than $35 million of donations to the coalition (48 per cent), $25.5 million to Labor (38 per cent) and $7.7 million to the Greens (45 per cent) weren't declared, according to Centre for Public Integrity analysis.

* The threshold under which parties didn't need to declare donations was $16,300 in 2023/24 and increased to $16,900 for 2024/25.

Hidden/dark money is not illegal bags of cash, but rather, due to the opaque donation disclosure laws we have, it is money from unknown sources. https://t.co/K3wgiJfPbF

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— The Centre For Public Integrity (@cpi_aus) February 2, 2025